Sergio Garcia disses Augusta National course
UPDATE: Sergio Garcia apologized in a statement Monday for negative comments he made about Augusta National following his T38th finish on Sunday, according to The Telegraph (UK).
"Following my final round at the Masters, I made comments in an interview that I regret and want to apologise for," he said..
"Out of frustration, I blamed the golf course instead of putting the blame where it belongs, on myself.
“I didn’t get it done this week. Augusta National is one of the most iconic golf courses in the game and playing in the Masters each year is an honour. I apologise to the members of Augusta National and the fans who rightfully treasure this golf course.”
Augusta National chairman Billy Payne can forget about asking Sergio Garcia to partner up for the member-guest tournament. After shooting 74 on Sunday for a T38th finish in the Masters, Garcia criticized the almost universally praised course in remarks to The Golf Channel.
"I don't like it," a frustrated Garcia said. "I don't think it's fair. It's too tricky. ... It's too much of a guessing game."
Asked what he thinks Augusta National should do differently with the course, Sergio responded, "I don't care. They can do whatever they want to. It's not my problem. I just come here and play and then go home."
Posted by: Bill Vaughn | May 9, 2009 11:28:26 AM
Sergio if you play right you would win as Angel how he did it, or better yet just watch from the crowd and give me your spot. I may shoot in the 90's but everytime i don't shoot lower you can always hear me say after I shot, What caused me to hit that ball over there instead of where it needed to go? Think about it Serg!!! It's not the course, look how many other fellas figured it out that scored better then you. Come back to Augusta when you change your piddly attitude. Cause now your gonna be heckled and laughed at come 2010 in Augusta. Grow Up and just be happy you get invited man.
Posted by: ron | Apr 18, 2009 10:34:55 AM
for you sergio haters RIGHT-ON, for you sergio supporters go to spain it is good place for you all.
Posted by: Paul Narbe | Apr 18, 2009 3:23:16 AM
As for Sergio, "boys at heart" will ALWAYS be boys !!! -----As for a more crucial, pressing issue, might I present this to my fellow golf enthusiasts???? --- Let me be right upfront!! ---We, as a strong contingent of golf patrons, MUST LOCATE THAT PARTICULAR IDIOT FAN who somehow manages to get away with yelling "You da man!" and "In the hole!" ----This ignoramus must be singled out by the tournaments' attending fans and BANISHED from that particular venue (and hopefully subsequent events !!) AM I ALONE IN MY THINKING ??? Please respond to my email if you have an opinion either way... pnarbe@msn.com
Posted by: Scotty W Augusta Ga | Apr 17, 2009 9:16:26 AM
Hey, guys Sergio said what he felt. how many times have we blamed a course for our bad round. I have played here and the course does get soggy and lots of mud balls. The high scorers at the end on sunday played a much drier course. The Masters is not holly ground and I thin it's a shame that all the players feel they have to be afraid of what they say because some old ritch white guys think they are kings of the universe. I'm white to so dont start with the I must be racist comments. I saw tiger in an interview a few years and when they asked him about his thoughts on the course his first comment was is Hootie around i have to watch what I say. So they all feel this way abou the course. Sergio just had the balls to say it. I'm sure he did not mean it as bad s it came out. by the Addidas rules Taylor made rules and Sergio will 2 majors in 2009. Go Sergio!!!!
Posted by: bob | Apr 17, 2009 8:28:46 AM
DJ you sound racist towards whites. As for Sergio, He should just quit playing Augusta. If I hated it I wouldn't play it.
Posted by: david | Apr 17, 2009 7:42:12 AM
In a spanish channell "Golf+" the day before the masters a reporter said that off the record sergio told him he doesnt like augusta. Maybe it's because it doesnt fit his game or whatever, but he doesnt like it. I find it shocking that he has to apologize for an opinion.
Posted by: Jeff | Apr 16, 2009 9:09:41 PM
For those who are hecklers. You have no place on a golf course. Like Sergio or not you guys are bunch of wankers, on the course if you don't have anything good to say don't say it. You just ruin it for everybody else. This is golf and it should have some degree of decorum, not your two bit comments that belong more on the football field than a golf course. Shoe some Class for heaven sakes.
Posted by: CW | Apr 16, 2009 3:49:41 PM
Same course for everybody. the posting by Lance is bogus. 8 & 9 under par is very good scoring at the Masters. How can you say tiger and Phil palyed lousy. The winning score two years ago was +1. Sergio wants flat greens and pins in the middle of the greens.
Posted by: George | Apr 16, 2009 2:17:52 PM
great post JP! Guys...relax! ...and most of all shut up at these PGA events. What is it with all these idiots screaming IN THE HOLE at any drive? Too much beer and too few neurons? Please...
Posted by: JP | Apr 16, 2009 1:14:48 PM
Hey Nike and Ron,
Do us all a favor and stay away from BB and Augusta. It's jack-asses like you heckling players that tarnish golf. Sergio is Sergio, you'll find guys just like him in Football, Baseball, Hockey, etc. Probably in your own family too. He whines, that's what he does. To everyone who commented that Augusta was 'unfair' - are you on drugs? If the #1, and #2 in the world are having a tough day, but the #148th and Kenny Perry would have been the oldest guy to win, had he won, so how is it the course was "unfair?"
Posted by: Another Golfer | Apr 16, 2009 10:52:08 AM
Sergio.......just a bad loser, he should cheer himself up on golfgrapevine.com
Posted by: Allen | Apr 16, 2009 10:35:02 AM
This apology came from his agent/publicist. If you think for a minute he is sorry for whining and crying about coming up lame (again) at the Masters you are delusional
Posted by: RON | Apr 16, 2009 6:20:39 AM
sergio is probably saying what most of the golfs thought but are to scared to say,yes he is playing bad but we need players like him in golf,as for the spitting in the cup i think tiger has done far worse but he is american so can get away with it,and for those who think he is crap he has to be oe of the best driver and iron players out there if not for his putting he would be number one now
Posted by: Kenny | Apr 15, 2009 11:10:09 PM
The Masters Blows, at least Sergio has the guts to say it like it is
Posted by: Dani | Apr 15, 2009 9:37:50 PM
I said a couple of days ago that as spaniard I felt ashamed. Now I think hat we should accept his apologies and understand that this was a result of frustration because he wants to win always. I accept his apologies and think that show a more mature and respectful Sergio. For those who go to a golf course to disturb players...no comments, it looks like a soccer game. Let's golf be golf, please!!
Posted by: John | Apr 15, 2009 4:36:32 PM
Ah come on boys...leave the baby alone!
Posted by: Lance | Apr 15, 2009 3:36:46 PM
Sergio was right. In a highly esteemed tournament where even Phil and Tiger did lousy somebody should start asking questions. The new layouts were ridiculous, and everyone has been expressing that for the last 5 years. Looking at the Top 5 it's easy to say that luck alone handed the green jacket to Angel. Kudo's to Sergio for saying what he meant in a politically correct society where everyone is afraid to say what they really feel.
Posted by: Larry | Apr 15, 2009 3:24:00 PM
These comments by Sergio are not surprising. We have come to expect this from golf´s version of Jeremy Shockey. What is really surprising, is how does he stay at #3 in the world week in and week out when he rarely wins anything, misses a lot of cuts, and performs so poorly in majors?
Posted by: Larry | Apr 15, 2009 3:07:18 PM
If he is not spitting into the cup on a green, he is whinning about how and why he did not win. How could anyone ever have thought that he was the heir apparent to Tiger. What a jerk.
Posted by: jon | Apr 15, 2009 1:09:23 PM
The PGA should review his behavoir.
Posted by: nike | Apr 15, 2009 11:28:44 AM
serge sux cuz he wears adidas. adidas sucks.
Posted by: Sergio Sucks | Apr 15, 2009 11:27:24 AM
I always heckle sergio. I go to 4 tour events a year and heckle him. I'll yell things like "WAAAAAA" or "CRYBABY" while he's lining up a putt or teeing off. The best way to do it is stand way in the back of the crowd so they can't figure out who did it. Also only do it once per hole. I think Ill add "AUGUSTA WAAAAA" to my repertoire.
Posted by: joe | Apr 15, 2009 10:28:46 AM
I agree with the folks comments about Sergio's whining, and abrasive comments. However, the PGA needs Sergio Gargia or someone like him to win a major. Except for Rory Sabatini, Woody Austin and maybe one or two more the rest of the players are like milk toast to watch. We may not like what these guys say but the tour needs some characters for those of us who grow tired of the Tiger Woods gushing.
Posted by: George Boruch | Apr 14, 2009 8:05:29 PM
Sergio evidently was frustrated by his poor showing and understandingly so. He should probably go the "no comment" route instead of saying something he regrets. I have no problem with him if indeed his aplogy is sincere.
Posted by: Sergio's Mom | Apr 14, 2009 7:19:09 PM
All these attacks on my boy are distressing. But I must say, they're right on target. I just wish he could putt!
Posted by: Robert Howieson | Apr 14, 2009 5:47:06 PM
I had an intuitive feeling that there was something amiss with Garcia; this was verified after he spit in the cup of a hole where many other golfers had to retrieve their balls. He is a spoiled twit.
Posted by: DJ | Apr 14, 2009 5:44:41 PM
I applaud Sergio for taking those Whitey Trailer-Trash Hicks to task. That course is a piece of garbage. I don't blame him at all.
Posted by: stevie | Apr 14, 2009 2:53:23 PM
Sergio probably got a call from IMG reminding him that the Masters is an invitational tournament, and that he should choose his words more carefully if he expects to be invited next year!
Posted by: ron | Apr 14, 2009 2:36:13 PM
typical sergio! this guy is so full of himself his way of getting out of his sorry putting is to put the blam on everthing else but himself. like i have said before he should stay on the other side of the pound we don't need him over here.
Posted by: sergio is a biya | Apr 14, 2009 2:02:07 PM
My Fellow Americans,
LET'S MAKE SERGIO'S LIFE A LIVING HELL EVERYWHERE HE GOES. I'LL BE AT BETHPAGE BLACK, AND SERGIO WILL NEED EARPLUGS BECAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE HIS EARS BLEED.
Posted by: Larry G. | Apr 14, 2009 12:37:51 PM
Sign the Carnousti ball Sergio and the curse will be lifted.
Posted by: Matt | Apr 14, 2009 12:15:48 PM
It's a shame Sergio keeps letting himself down like this. I suspect he feels, like the rest of us, that he just hasn't got what it takes. There was such massive pressure for him to come through and challenge Tiger and it hasn't happened. There's no denying his talent but the final piece isn't there. He now sees everyone turning their attention to the new guys on the block and that must hurt. Thank goodness Rory McIlroy already shows more maturity at 19!
Posted by: Bob | Apr 14, 2009 11:45:54 AM
Jose Maria Olazabal is very classy, Sergio you should go ask Jose to teach you how to be classy and have manners.
Posted by: Dan | Apr 14, 2009 11:33:26 AM
What an ASSHAT.
Posted by: frank | Apr 14, 2009 10:36:23 AM
After Sergio's 'lugi' several years back (when he spit into the cup after missing a gimmie) I lost respect for the rich brat. He has enormous talent and by now should have won at least one major, Tiger or not. He obviously does not realize how damaging his critical remarks are to his image. He is no where near the class of Seve or JoseMaria, the two great Spaniards that we American golf fans love. Sergio is really an example of a spoiled, rich brat who spouts off without thinking. Everyone has an opinion of Augusta, of course, and the difficulty of the greens, but the course is quite great and plays the some for all the players. Over the years it has been an easy course to hit drives on, but now they have tightened it up and made it longer as they have had to do because of the equiment advances. The greens are very hard to read and putt, but once a player studies them he has a good chance. I definitely think the greens were slower this year than in the past and that some of the pin placements Sunday were doable. I love The Masters. I wish Sergio would improve his attitude and put more time into practicing so he could give Woods a run, which he could do if he really wanted to, but the young, rich kid from Spain can get by with all that talent. Too bad.
Posted by: Cary | Apr 14, 2009 10:12:10 AM
Sergio has a history of making comments like this and childish behavior (i.e. spitting into the cup). Sergio needs to grow up and perhaps take lessons from his girlfriend's father, Greg Norman, and learn a little class. Winning score at Master's indicates that it was a totally fair course and was one of the best winning scores in memory. Grow up Sergio and maybe people will have more respect for you other than being a good Ryder Cup player
Posted by: Steve | Apr 14, 2009 10:01:45 AM
Go back to Europe and cry there Sergio.....You have to be the biggest cry baby whinner in professional sports. Learn some class ! You played horrible golf....You are no where near as good as you have been made out to be....You are the T.O. of Golf.......Grow Up !
Posted by: Jeff | Apr 14, 2009 9:06:11 AM
Sergio's character has been well exemplified previously, and continues to be with this incident. What's truly remarkable is the media's constant promotion of him, despite the fact that his general attitude and behavior are not popular with a majority of golf fans.
Posted by: JJ | Apr 14, 2009 8:58:52 AM
If Sergio could make it so that Augusta was "tricky" for the other players and not for him he would be perfectly happy. Sergio is a whiner and a crybaby who blames his caddy for all of his mistakes. In my foursome he is called a effing punk.
Posted by: Walt | Apr 14, 2009 8:38:34 AM
Sergio, quit complaining, it is the only course you return to every year for this major. All others change....
Posted by: Robert Matijevich | Apr 14, 2009 7:46:33 AM
That Mr. Garcia spoke his mind should not be a problem. While it does reveal a whiny character seemingly diametrically at odds with the fickle game of golf, it is nonetheless refreshing to hear a player speak his mind. Kenny Perry does so, and he reveals his honorable nature all the time. Sergio opens his mouth and leads us to believe he's entirely "lost it." Whatever the interpretation, at least he lets us, the fans, know exactly what he's feeling. I don't have a problem with what he said, or THAT he said it. However, I do take issue with the WAY he said it. In today's near-depressive economy, the least he could have done is set up some perspective, that ultimately, this was "just a golf tournament." Instead, Sergio snickered rudely at the microphone and camera, and his tone suggested that nobody is worthy of his presence, hence he'd best scurry "home." If I were Greg Norman, I'd sit my daughter down for a long, heart-felt discussion on choice-of-boyfriend issues.
Posted by: jim | Apr 14, 2009 4:25:02 AM
What a punk Sergio is! I still can't believe he should such low class and such a disgusting personality that he actually spat in a cup after missing a putt, and the media let him off the hook. Even worse, the pga let him off the hook. That was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in golf. It gave me a clear picture of his true personality. He's getting uglier and uglier by the week. That pear shaped body of his is just waiting to bust its ugly self out to match his ugly personality. What a gross animal.
Posted by: jim | Apr 14, 2009 4:23:53 AM
What a punk Sergio is! I still can't believe he should such low class and such a disgusting personality that he actually spat in a cup after missing a putt, and the media let him off the hook. Even worse, the pga let him off the hook. That was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in golf. It gave me a clear picture of his true personality. He's getting uglier and uglier by the week. That pear shaped body of his is just waiting to bust its ugly self out to match his ugly personality. What a gross animal.
Posted by: Luis M | Apr 14, 2009 4:03:56 AM
What a shame for us europeans to have a palyer so immature he can't live to his own mistakes, and has the nerve of blaming this gorgeous tournament! He will surely be doing this for the rest of his years in the game. I can picture hin in the future, as a senior whining about the courses and his bad luck! I'm sick of this guy!!!
And what a superb job, Mr. Payne! My sincere thanks for your ability to listen.
Posted by: Thomas Ross | Apr 14, 2009 3:11:36 AM
Lets be fair to Sergio. Augusta National is a very tricky golf course. I agree with him. The course changes from year to year, making it impossible to figure it out. But, then again, all of the other majors change venues every year to ensure that local knowledge doesn't give you an advantage. I guess we shouldn't expect Sergio to win any majors since they always change. Then again, maybe if he learned how to putt, then he might be able to compete!!!!
Posted by: El Geno | Apr 14, 2009 2:31:58 AM
Let's not be too hard on Mr. Whino, afterall this is not the first golf course that he was playing while the rest of the field was playing another. I would guess that from where he has to hit his shots and where the rest of the field hit theirs, he thinks he IS playing a different course. I'm sure the tournament officials at Augusta and at all the other tour sites meet to discuss how they can set the course up for the rest of the field and then how they can set the course up to screw Sergio. Sergio do us all a favor, take your balls and stay at home. Golf and the tour do not need you.
Posted by: Dirtdog6s | Apr 14, 2009 1:11:34 AM
I hope he gives up the game that seems to make him so miserable and rich!
Posted by: Titos | Apr 14, 2009 12:37:29 AM
Sergio's sponsors should probably think about having a person like this representing them. Garcia does not care about anything else but himself. Hey IMG tell Sergio to go learn something from his fellow Taylord Made Addidas stablemate Kenny Perry - good lesson in class.
Posted by: Eddie | Apr 13, 2009 11:43:38 PM
You ungrateful, arrogant SOB. You get paid a ton of cash to play the greatest game in the world. Show some class and gratitude. I hope this tool never wins a major.
Posted by: phil | Apr 13, 2009 10:44:30 PM
Sergio - sour grapes. The tricky set up didnt seem to affect the leaders. Go Home - and stay home. Not a SG fan!
Posted by: keithK | Apr 13, 2009 10:43:28 PM
Sergio is still upset that Tiger got Elin. Jepser made a comment that all Sergio did was follow her around when she was his nanny. Grow up!
Posted by: HardDraw | Apr 13, 2009 10:40:52 PM
On further consideration what Sergio I think was trying to convey was the character of the course should not change yr to yr.Ogilvy also made the point that this year Master's course was significantly different from last year's Master course:It's reflective in the scores.The way the course was setup is like in a Bob Hope Golf Tourney where the scores are in 12 & 13 under par range.I like to see the course like it was last yr where patience & care are the rewards as opposed to fly it at the flag outlook.It seemed like an exhibition contest as opposed to a Major.
Posted by: M Osborn | Apr 13, 2009 10:37:23 PM
Maybe he needs to avoid press like Tiger when he doesn't win so that his words will not come back to haunt him....give him a break!
Posted by: Michael W | Apr 13, 2009 10:24:01 PM
That's fine Sergio - we understand .. when you post a round that beat a 73 yr old by only 5 strokes (Player) we feel your pain!
Posted by: Greg S | Apr 13, 2009 10:21:50 PM
Can't Sergio just hire someone with exceptional putting skill and learn something. For example Nathan Green is consistently near the top in putting statistics, but he doesn't bring in the tens of millions as the marquee players. Why doesn't Sergio just offer him a few hundred thousand, or some trips on his private jet and get some world class putting lessons?
Posted by: gary | Apr 13, 2009 10:19:09 PM
anybody think it's odd that the controversies lately in golf are results of interviews with the Golf Channel? Think maybe they're specializing in controversy?
Sergio's a case of arrested development -- he's still a angst-ridden teenager. No wonder the Golf Channel looks to him for a quote that can stir things up.
Posted by: Joseph Shanahan | Apr 13, 2009 9:51:30 PM
Dani, you should feel ashamed of Sergio "the Cry Baby". Maybe if he was half the player his fellow countryman Jose Maria Olazabal was in his heyday he might be able to compete. Oh yeah and Olazabal was a guy you could root for unlike Sergio the wimpy crybaby.
Posted by: Robin Trower | Apr 13, 2009 9:51:20 PM
Once again Sergio shows is what an immature and arrogant person he is. His whining at the British Open "I don't get any breaks", choking at the US Open, and now this petulant attitude....Sergio guess what? We don't care about you. Grow up and realize what you have. Show some maturity and humility. Your attitude is repulsive. Arnold Palmer would kick your #@#***! Why don't you listen to Gary Player's final interview and get a clue. What a wasteland.
Posted by: Anthony L | Apr 13, 2009 9:49:10 PM
Eighteen hours later, IMG, Garcia’s management company, released an apology.
“Following my final round at the Masters yesterday, I made comments in an interview to the Golf Channel that I regret and want to apologize for. Out of frustration, I blamed the golf course instead of putting the blame where it belongs, on myself. I didn’t get it done this week. Augusta National is one of the most iconic golf courses in the game and playing in the Masters each year is an honor. I apologize to the members of Augusta National and the fans who rightfully treasure this golf course, and would like to offer my congratulations to Angel for joining the list of legendary names who have won there. I aspire to join that list one day.”
Yeah, that certainly sounds like it came straight from Sergio's mouth...then proceeded to spit into one of Augusta's putting green cups while walking off the course. Leave it to the IMG suits to clean up the mess El Niño makes in the sandbox.
Posted by: Dani | Apr 13, 2009 9:41:57 PM
I'm spaniard and feel ashamed. What the hell does he mean with that? there're are a lot of guys scoring better than him, too tricky course? Is it only tricky for you? the winner shot 13 shots better than you, sergio; what golf course was he playing in?
Posted by: Brent | Apr 13, 2009 9:35:19 PM
Choke artist Sergio. So much potential, too bad his attitude stinks
Posted by: Big Dan | Apr 13, 2009 9:29:48 PM
I will repeat my comment during Thursday's opening round blog: Who gives a spit about Sergio? He's irrelevant. Period.
Posted by: Bruce | Apr 13, 2009 9:04:19 PM
Oh Sergio, how I wish you could just play the game, win some tournaments, be a little humble, and show some of the fire that you showed 10 years ago when you hit a shot from the base of a tree to ... aw, never mind, you'd rather whine.
Posted by: Dontonio | Apr 13, 2009 8:58:05 PM
Gabe, zip your lips. Don't bring race or gender into this discussion. Yoou're complaining about things that happened up until 1990? Come on dude, that's 2 decades ago. Move on. Get a life.
This country elected a black male as president. We, the majority (whites and Hispanics) have proven to be the least racist of all races in the USA.
Stop with the race card already. Moveon.org okay?
Posted by: Bob | Apr 13, 2009 8:52:46 PM
Gabe, you are wrong. Sergio is not popular. I have personally been at tourneys and he gets heckled non-stop. Post a link to just one of the surveys.
I agree with comments that Sergio needs to get a grip, I wish I had his job, talent, and even a chance to play beautiful Augusta. I would guess every poster here will die never getting to play AUgusta and Sergio the jerk just trashes it.
Posted by: Delboy | Apr 13, 2009 8:40:40 PM
Serg:
I don't hear Kenny Peery complaining that the course was too tough. Come to think of it the next "big" tournament would be Players held at the ultra tricky TPC Sawgrass course. I'm sure you have cashed your check from last year. Grow up, your job does get hard sometimes.
Posted by: Rachel | Apr 13, 2009 8:38:45 PM
would you like some cheese to go with that whine?
Posted by: Ron | Apr 13, 2009 8:31:52 PM
If I had Sergio's ability I would have a smile on my face all the time.
Some people don't know what it's like
to not be gifted. Sergio needs to look at his self and figure out what the problem is. It's not the golf
course, the people around him or anything else past the end of his nose. He may be popular but I wouldn't want any of my kids thinking he is a role model to be looked up too.
Posted by: JN | Apr 13, 2009 8:17:15 PM
Fact is: If the course is tricky, then it's tricky for all who played. Sergio was tied for the 38th most tricked/confused player. Perhaps he lacked the skill or understanding of players 37 through 1.
Posted by: doug | Apr 13, 2009 8:06:03 PM
Sergio - when he stops crying and learns to play maybe he will be taken seriously. I love wathcing him play so poorly so consistently.
Posted by: JPMc | Apr 13, 2009 7:51:39 PM
What a cry baby!! Hey Serg, how bout hit some clutch putts when it really counts, instead of complaining about the "trickiness" of Augusta National. Oh, I almost forgot...how many Majors have you won?
Posted by: doug doucette | Apr 13, 2009 7:31:01 PM
Sergio will never win a major.The masters of 2009 one of the best I have ever seen.The US Open should take note.Itw was tough but fair.
Posted by: Larry | Apr 13, 2009 7:30:42 PM
This is wht he's never won a major and never will with that attitude. Grow up.
Posted by: R. Craig | Apr 13, 2009 7:30:05 PM
Save yourself a trip. Stay home
Posted by: KenC | Apr 13, 2009 7:13:08 PM
Sergio's got to learn that if you lose, then complain, you are considered a sore loser. If he had won and then pointed out criticisms, then people might consider them valid.
As for whether Augusta National is overrated, of course it is. Alister McKenzie didn't design it that way. Look at the old photos with him and Bobby Jones walking around. The bunkers have been moved, the greens are changed every year. The tee boxes aren't original. The turf on the greens is far faster than what McKenzie or Jones originally designed. Trees are moved willy-nilly. Grass grows places it shouldn't. Blue dye used to be poured into Rae's Creek. It certainly is a beautiful course, but it is nothing like the course McKenzie originally designed.
Posted by: Joe Mac | Apr 13, 2009 7:10:35 PM
Sergio had the opportunity to play four rounds at Augusta National and get paid for it. Punk.
Posted by: tony's daddy | Apr 13, 2009 7:07:41 PM
Hey Tony, provide just 1 link to a survey that found Sergio to be the 2nd most liked, most well-known, or most popular player in the world. And I noticed how you didn't touch on his likeability amongst his peers. Typical. Its easier for you to criticize Americans than have any actual facts. The truth is he IS a crybaby in that he is the only person in the field who complained and, no surprise that he complains after performing poorly. And blaming the course? Come on. The course didn't seem to bother anyone else in the field. If thats not a crybaby then I dont know what is.
Posted by: Jack McGuire | Apr 13, 2009 7:05:06 PM
The Masters once focused on the leaders and occasionally those a few back, but this time it was all about Woods and Michelson until they finished up. It detracted from the eventual finish.
Posted by: Larrybud | Apr 13, 2009 6:57:36 PM
Riiight Serg. It was so tricked up that we had 3 players at -12, a record tieing 30 on the front by Phil on Sunday, no less. Until you learn to stop blaming your woes on everyone else, you'll never win a major.
Posted by: Ray Solinski | Apr 13, 2009 6:54:36 PM
Augusta over-rated? You're kidding right? Regardless of the rules of the club the course itself is amazing. I walked every inch of it last year and was in awe. You can take away all the beauty, the flowers etc...and the course is still the star. I have yet to see or play a Mackenzie course that doesn't leave me thinking today's so called architects could learn a ton from the old Scotsman. Hey Sergio, Nicklaus, Hogan ,Palmer ,Watson, Snead, Nelson,Crenshaw, Olazabal, Langer, Ballesteros, Mickelson and Woods didn't find it tricked up. I guess you are this generation's Tom Weiskopf. Great ball striker, terrible putter, arrogant, nasty and in the shadow of your era's greatest player.
Posted by: Ken | Apr 13, 2009 6:54:04 PM
Is Sergio's consistently sour attitude just a simple case of self-pity that comes out of not having the inner fortitude necessary to win the tough tournaments? One would think that inner toughness would come with being good enough to play the PGA.
Posted by: Sergio's Daddy | Apr 13, 2009 6:54:00 PM
Sergio, STFU. If you don't like the course or setup, then don't play.
Posted by: DON LANDERS | Apr 13, 2009 6:41:50 PM
Senor Garcia is certainly entitled to his opinion. The true sportsmen of golf are entitled to theirs as well. The Masters does not have to invite Senor Garcia in future years. Perhaps he would be more content to stay at home and suck his pacifier.
Posted by: Derek | Apr 13, 2009 6:39:41 PM
Golf is hard. Get over it. It's not Augusta's fault that you are a poor putter.
Posted by: tony | Apr 13, 2009 6:36:01 PM
rather watch shingo
Posted by: tony | Apr 13, 2009 6:35:02 PM
disgace to american golf..
Posted by: Gabe | Apr 13, 2009 6:24:48 PM
Someone in the comments said, "He's a crybaby and thats why he is not liked very much by fans and peers."
Totally not true. They've done surveys and beside Tiger, Sergio is the most well-known, popular player worldwide (not in the US). I think his comments had merit. Augusta National is wildly overrated. And finally, an athlete speaks his mind rather than canned, cliche responses. And we criticize him for it!!!! Good luck, Sergio. You're a great golfer no matter what myopic Americans may think.
Posted by: Castro | Apr 13, 2009 6:22:05 PM
Although I disagree with the reason Sergio is complaining, I definitely think more people should be complaining. Why? How about the very obvious "tradition" of rampant sexism and racism? Not even one female member, and their first black member was admitted in 1990. Having an exclusive club is one thing... but let's be honest. The KKK is just as exclusive.
Posted by: RussH | Apr 13, 2009 6:18:23 PM
Sergio, Please go home, don't whine in America. Your a (I think you know the statement
Posted by: mikefina | Apr 13, 2009 6:08:48 PM
What a difference a decade makes. The joyous, bicycle-kicking, fairway skipping of a decade ago has been replaced by a sullen, sour-pussed mien that was once unthinkable.
"lighten-up, Francis".
Posted by: Denys | Apr 13, 2009 6:02:33 PM
This is yet another classic example of Sergio's annoying whining, poor sportsmanship. He has not lived up to expectations (the media's and his own),so he constantly lashes out at the supposed "golfing Gods" that are gainst him, complaining about golf course set-ups, and whining about advantageous tee times for certain players (remember Bethpage Black). Until he changes his attitude, he will never win a major.
Posted by: tom | Apr 13, 2009 5:59:52 PM
I would hope that enen if he qualifies, he doesn't get an invite from Augusta next year
Posted by: tom | Apr 13, 2009 5:59:07 PM
I would hope that enen if he qualifies, he doesn't get an invite from Augusta next year
Posted by: Cee | Apr 13, 2009 5:58:05 PM
Since the course is too difficult and make you "think"....stay home next year!
Posted by: Cee | Apr 13, 2009 5:54:52 PM
Sergio - everyone has the same opportunity to WIN. It is ashame that a professional is crying because he fails, yet again, to step on the stage to be counted at the big show! Take your defeat like a man.
Posted by: Jake | Apr 13, 2009 5:50:42 PM
Classic Sergio...weak minded and a sore loser. Although watch him comeback and win at Bethpage in June. He is bound to win one major with his ball striking.
Posted by: drew | Apr 13, 2009 5:49:43 PM
remember when he cried about his luck at the British Open. He's a crybaby and thats why he is not liked very much by fans and peers.
Posted by: billyfish | Apr 13, 2009 5:39:04 PM
Tell Kramer Garcia that he ought to try and play in the LPGA, but I don't think they'd have him?? What a cry baby.
Posted by: Sergio | Apr 13, 2009 5:34:27 PM
Showing his true colors, no sportsmanship.
Posted by: andyh | Apr 13, 2009 5:28:12 PM
what a shame. because his attitude and the way he goes about things is the only thing he needs to fix to contend. we know he has the game, and now we know why he doesn't have a major under his belt. pansy